Fusini, a writer, critic, translator, teacher and expert on Elizabethan theatre, has translated and commented texts by Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Henry James, John Keats and Wallace Stevens. She has written about Kafka, Beckett and Bacon. She has published extensively on issues of female identity: La luminosa. Genealogia di Fedra (Feltrinelli, 1990); Donne fatali. Ofelia, Desdemona e Cleopatra (Bulzoni, 2005); and Nomi. Undici scritture femminili (Donzelli, 2012). She curated two volumes on Virginia Woolf for the Meridiani series published by Mondadori (2006) and has written the following biographies: Possiedo la mia anima. Il segreto di Virginia Woolf (2006), Di vita si muore. Lo spettacolo delle passioni nel teatro di Shakespeare (2010) and La figlia del sole. Vita ardente di Katherine Mansfield (2012). Her other works include: Hannah e le altre (2013); Vivere nelle tempesta (2016) for the publisher Einaudi and her latest book is Una fratellanza inquieta. Donne e uomini di oggi (Donzelli, 2018).